NEW, Tamiya making a FJ40 crawler _ new picture added _ 02-05-08

[William]

It's true, check it out
http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/rcp...chassis_id=B07

http://www.rc-japan.de/article.php?id=221

And a chassis shot...

[hunter306]

Very different, pretty exciting to see a new chassis.

Can't wait to see a body-on shot as well, great news.

[pflumitch]

Wow. I was not expecting that.

[offroadford4x4]

That is sweet. I really like the spring set up. The shocks are kinda strange though.

Wonder if they will produce it with those custom tires, Moab sidewalls and outer trad blocks with Imex K-rock center treads Lol

[william g]

notice the ''gazillion'' holes in the chassis rails. That'll make for some easy mods and bolt ons.

The shock/cantilever system is strange, we'll just have to wait and see it up close. Looks like the coil spring is a stand alone item, so that'll be cool.

[4wdmt]

Let's see if there will be some rumor control on this one.

I still remember when that High Lift F350 ad was leaked out before it's supposed announcement. Tamiya fans went crazy.

Can't deny this one. There is already some hop-ups listed on their site.

[william g]

hmmm the link to the tamiya usa page no longer works.

Well proof will be on the 7th when products are released at the toy fair. But if you saw the link this morning you'd be a believer.

I will get one, I sold a custom painted highlift on e-bay and have a little money left from that after paying a bill. (I just have to remember to save it)

[william g]

ha
screen cap dug out of cache

[4wdmt]

I guess I spoke too soon. .

Rumor control has already begun. Seen that link when first posted, so there is no denying that this one is coming out.

[TiddlerRacer]

This truck looks pretty cool! Looks like a relative easy way to get into the scale trail rig scene. I'll be interested how the suspension performs and the rest of the truck works.

[monster_ed]

This kit's been designed in the USA too!

Its been rumoring around the tamiya3 speed forums for the past week but now we know exactly what it is.

I wonder if its got any cool functions like remote looking diffs or 2 wheel/4 wheel drive selection?

[quick5pnt0]

Awesome find! It's a cool looking vehicle though I question how well that suspension will function for rock crawling.

[JAnderson]

Originally Posted by monster_ed

This kit's been designed in the USA too!

Its been rumoring around the tamiya3 speed forums for the past week but now we know exactly what it is.

I wonder if its got any cool functions like remote looking diffs or 2 wheel/4 wheel drive selection?

No where in the thread you speak of does it say this is officially a Tamiya nor does it say it was designed in the USA.

In fact the ad on the front page has tire tracks that look nothing like the tread on those tires! Rumor mills

[William]

yeah the Tamiya USA add shows tire tracks that are from ''spikey's''

The 7th will show the light young grasshoppers

[richmaster]

guys guess what, i posted this on my websitye and got an email from tamiya saying that it wasnt from tamiya

[Jchung]

Any pics of the body yet?

[richmaster]

i couldnt find any of the body.

[quick5pnt0]

Originally Posted by richmaster

guys guess what, i posted this on my websitye and got an email from tamiya saying that it wasnt from tamiya

I wouldn't expect much different. However in my opinion the screen capture WilliamG posted above solidifies that some sort of Land Cruiser is about to be released. I seriously doubt they accidentally posted parts for a nonexistent vehicle on their site...LOL

Here is the google cache of the page in question:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=1&gl=us

[JAnderson]

Originally Posted by richmaster

guys guess what, i posted this on my websitye and got an email from tamiya saying that it wasnt from tamiya

Now that is not exactly true (as I sent the e-mail) I said what you posted was not true.

You posted:
#1 An image from rc-japan.de of a vehicle with the watermark removed of their web address

#2 Info as though we released the info

#3 that we removed a link to that product off our web page

Those are the facts

#1 if the image has a watermark why remove it unless it is to "NOT" show where is is from.

#2 We placed no links to product pages for this item to be removed.

Yes there are screen shots of a cached page from google about a page of our R/C parts support listing 2 parts (That is not a link to a product page about any R/C vehicle you have on your site)

Again those are the facts.

[richmaster]

but i never said it was official that it was a tamiya product and i meant that they had parts to the same rc product